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Show in V AGED COUPLE ROJIVS LOSING RACE WITH GRIM REAPER Miiiiiihi1I. Minn-lUi won la a r. lor ihe life of oweu UavU, on Killor bay, t Mlnneionku when the wr I iiianTi wife a iw him drop un-oolu. un-oolu. lonely hi th InitUim of the boet In wlirh h waa taking a pleaaure trip ihe i rled out In aniiiiUb, then aelted tie .iar In her own handa to ' en the water li ibe village for aid. I Willi tbe proatraic body of her hue- band lying In the lewt abe U nt her I tad barV to tbe tk tnakllied In 1 the i aa of Ihe oar Ui nu. emel to Hat tir ;r At lt, cihanfited I md weakened by rrlght. lie arrlveil at the Ktuelalor dock only u lem that bar irwil atruggle had been In valu, tor ncr huaband waa deail The auddan death waa mil) the beginning be-ginning of a day lhat waa lo mark Own Davla Drat outing In 15 yeara During Ihone IS yeam he had worked dally at the alale rapltol, where he wa known by every mate offlrlAl II waa to be a grand day for th old man, and he and hla wife planned to apend the day quietly and alone at Mlnnetnnk Knrly In the afternoon Mr ttavla rented a boat and the two eUtteil to croaa the bay When Ihey were near ly acruaa the old man suddenly placed hla hand lo hla heart and fell uncon-aclnui uncon-aclnui Ilia wife, attempted to help him up, an I hla anna lay limp and helpha at III- elde It waa then that the woman knew ahe faced the problem prob-lem of her life, and ahe arose to the ixxinMin and began the right, praying to eee algii of returning life. The body waa cared for nt the lit-relebir lit-relebir and It u later taken to 8b I'eul. where Davla had lived ao long. The widow I overcome both by ei-haiiatlou ei-haiiatlou and grief CK . VM1II AN II Irill IIK I l I I I hHI'l ItArt I.Y AT T1IF Him I mli- Ditto, aa Uie old colored ein wie familiarly called at tbe cap-Hoi cap-Hoi war one of the miMt eateemed of Ihe Janlbir force Uefore the (Ml war be wj a elate In the south At Vlcka-burg Vlcka-burg he eMoiied and Joined thn union army urMn- with honor throughout the rrt of the war lie waa one ol in libirera employed In building tbe present capltol On It completion hi was npolntcd Janitor and ho held bl poaltkm ever alnre He waa aa-eigne aa-eigne 1 to the new capltol aa Janltoi of the eute treasury orllro on requnl of State Treaaurer J II lllock Davli waa 71 year of age |
